ROME – Italy is planning to buy up to eight new Gulfstream signals intelligence aircraft and build a maintenance hub for similar aircraft operated by other nations around the Mediterranean. The plans,... Read more »
JERUSALEM — Israel Aerospace Industries has named Boaz Levy, its former vice president for the Systems Missiles and Space Group, as its new CEO. Levy’s group oversaw major contracts for IAI over... Read more »
WASHINGTON ― A bipartisan group of lawmakers have introduced new legislation Wednesday that would halt the Trump administration’s push to circumvent Congress and expedite a $23 billion sale of F-35 fighter jets,... Read more »
JERUSALEM — Israeli firm Elbit Systems will provide E-LynX software-defined radios to the Spanish Army after the service awarded a contract to Elbit’s partner Telefonica, according to a report in Spain confirmed... Read more »
COLOGNE, Germany – European missile maker MBDA has nabbed a deal with the French government to outfit the army’s Tiger combat helicopters with a derivative of the company’s shoulder-fired antitank missile. Armed... Read more »
WASHINGTON — The Army has activated two air defense artillery batteries at Fort Bliss, Texas, that will evaluate the Iron Dome system for possible integration into the Army’s air-and missile defense architecture,... Read more »
WASHINGTON ― Senate appropriators are calling on the State Department to certify a pending sale of F–35 joint strike fighters to the United Arab Emirates would not threaten Israel’s military edge or... Read more »
WASHINGTON — Congress is making moves to fund an eighth Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery, according to both fiscal 2021 House and Senate defense policy and spending bills, a requirement... Read more »
WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department on Tuesday cleared a massive package of F-35 fighter jets and MQ-9 unmanned systems for the United Arab Emirates, making official a potential sale still opposed... Read more »
The U.S. Army’s recent acquisition of two Iron Dome short-range air defense batteries from Israel provides a much-needed solution to one of America’s critical security needs. While Israel financed the development of... Read more »